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ROBERT NELSON BURROUGHS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 27, 1945 – July 8, 1968
Service recordRobert Nelson Burroughs, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 42
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Cleveland Heights, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 42
- DONALD EARL BEARSergeant First Class · July 8, 1968
- VAUGHN LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · July 8, 1968
- CRAIG JESSE DEVORESergeant · July 8, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT HOPKINSSergeant · July 8, 1968
From Cleveland Heights
- RICHARD GEORGE THOMASSergeant · February 12, 1966
- HOWARD DENNIS WEISSSpecialist Four · May 4, 1966
- BRIAN DALE CLARKSergeant · October 10, 1966
- RONALD S BAGENSpecialist Five · February 11, 1968
- CARL VALENTINE HANSENSergeant · September 24, 1968
- RICHARD COBB THUMLieutenant (junior grade) · November 25, 1968
- LIBERO CHARLES HANDELSergeant · September 1, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.